Alldownloads are in .7z format and can be opened with the free tool 7-Zip.
All games are in .wbfs format built with Wiimms ISO Tools and can be restored to ISO with NKit.
Games are also in .rvz format built with NKit 2 and can be restored to ISO with Dolphin.
Disc and cover scans are provided by GameTDB.
ok, what I am essentially attempting to figure out is how to take (or create) a .wbfs file that I can mount as a loop to run backups of Wii/GC games... the compression rate is about the highest I have seen for ISOs. I was able to backup New Super Mario Bros as a 4.4GB ISO and compress down to a 1.2GB tar.xz while I was able to get it down to 0.56GB within a 2GB SD formatted to WBFS with WBFS Manager.
Like with any other partition filesystem, I'd like to be able to back it up to a larger drive and mount it whenever possible... but I can't seem to find any concrete info on how to mount a .wbfs filesystem (as a file vs a physical partition) so that it can be accessed by the wbfs manager and/or by dolphin-emu... if anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd greatly appreciated.
How to convert WBFS (Wii Backup File System) format to Wii game ISO format? this is the most simple answer, WBFS to ISO is a small and free software to convert WBFS files into ISO files, a very useful tool for the all Wii game fans.
This software is very easy to use, click "Open" button to select a *. wbfs file, then click "Select" button to select an output folder, and finally, click "Convert" button to start conversion, software will generate the *.iso files you want, that is all. The default output ISO format is Wii game ISO, you can change it in "ISO Format" options.
The WBFS file is the most popular Wii game format, a file contains a separate Wii partition, it is directly dumped from the partition. A *.wbfs file usually contains only one Wii game, however, this format can support multiple Wii games in one file.
The Wii game ISO file comes from the Wii physics game disc, it always has the 4.37G capacity, this format can not be opened directly on the computer, you must burn it to disc, then you can play these games on your Wii machine. Note, this program can also support ISO 9660 format, this format can be opened by most other software, but the burned disc can not be used for the Wii machine.
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